Recently sailed my Typhoon for the first time and found the boom (mainsheet end) to hang very low. It is impossible for an average adult to sit on the leeward side without having the boom in their face. I tried to adjust where the boom meets the mast, but nothing seemed to help.
Most of my sailing experience was on a larger boat where boom clearance was almost never an issue. Any guidance would be appreciated.
Thanks--Paul
pjduggan@optonline.net
Typhoon Boom Hangs Low
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John Phillips
Re: Typhoon Boom Hangs Low
I recently read a a review in the Small Craft Advisory magazine on the Typhoon. One of their complaints was that the boom was so low. This had never been a problem on mine and when I saw a photo of the boat they were testing I could see why. They had the gooseneck below the slot on the mast for the sail slugs. This all makes perfectly good sense and as near as I could tell the length of the luff on their main predicated that. The problem was that it put the boom roughly a foot off of the cabin top and about jaw high for the crew. My original sail (made for Cape Dory) was cut so that the boom would go a few inches above the slot on the mast and puts the boom much higher than even the tallest crew. When I had my new sail made I used the original as a pattern.
I am not sure this is your problem, but it might help.
John Phillips
Cape Dory Typhoon
Ladybug II
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I am not sure this is your problem, but it might help.
John Phillips
Cape Dory Typhoon
Ladybug II
Paul Duggan wrote: Recently sailed my Typhoon for the first time and found the boom (mainsheet end) to hang very low. It is impossible for an average adult to sit on the leeward side without having the boom in their face. I tried to adjust where the boom meets the mast, but nothing seemed to help.
Most of my sailing experience was on a larger boat where boom clearance was almost never an issue. Any guidance would be appreciated.
Thanks--Paul
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Paul Duggan
Re: Typhoon Boom Hangs Low
John-
Thanks for the input. Ill have to track down the original sail plan to get size of the main and compare it to mine.
pjduggan@optonline.net
Thanks for the input. Ill have to track down the original sail plan to get size of the main and compare it to mine.
John Phillips wrote:Paul Duggan wrote: Thanks again--Paul
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Bob B
Re: Typhoon Boom Hangs Low
Our typhoon was no problem with the boom hanging low except when I roller reefed it around the boom. The gooseneck was below the slot and I just left the downhaul tied so that it could be raised to a point just below the entrance slot. When I had reef points put in my main, I made sure that they were positioned to lift the clew of the main so that the boom would ride up some rather than be horzontal. This worked great and I could reef and sail without having the boom and main sheet in my face.
Hope you enjoy the boat. They are great.
Bob B.
CD25D Tiva
Charleston, SC
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Hope you enjoy the boat. They are great.
Bob B.
CD25D Tiva
Charleston, SC
BundyR@aol.com
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Serge Zimberoff
Re: Typhoon Boom Hangs Low
Paul,
Start by deciding where you want the boom. Set it in the mast so that when horizontal the crew has adequate headroom. On our boat this is with the boom about 3" below the sail slot.
Then it sounds as if you will have a loose luff and the leech will let the boom drop way too low. One solution would be to mark the sail for a horizontal boom and just have the sail cut down to meet these requirements.
If you want to keep sailing for a while before pulling the main off, and you have reef points, you can rig a cunningham to tension the luff and cheat the leech by using the reefing line to raise that end of the boom. Sail will still perform pretty well till you have time to get it cut down.
FYI we never move the mast end of our boom. It is fixed and we use a cunningham always for the luff tension. Saves lots of reconfiguring every time you go out to sail.
Just my two cents...
Serge
Ty #1700 'Cloning Around'
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Start by deciding where you want the boom. Set it in the mast so that when horizontal the crew has adequate headroom. On our boat this is with the boom about 3" below the sail slot.
Then it sounds as if you will have a loose luff and the leech will let the boom drop way too low. One solution would be to mark the sail for a horizontal boom and just have the sail cut down to meet these requirements.
If you want to keep sailing for a while before pulling the main off, and you have reef points, you can rig a cunningham to tension the luff and cheat the leech by using the reefing line to raise that end of the boom. Sail will still perform pretty well till you have time to get it cut down.
FYI we never move the mast end of our boom. It is fixed and we use a cunningham always for the luff tension. Saves lots of reconfiguring every time you go out to sail.
Just my two cents...
Serge
Ty #1700 'Cloning Around'
serge@srtrop.com
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Bruce Hettleman
Re: Typhoon Boom Hangs Low
Paul,Paul Duggan wrote: Recently sailed my Typhoon for the first time and found the boom (mainsheet end) to hang very low. It is impossible for an average adult to sit on the leeward side without having the boom in their face. I tried to adjust where the boom meets the mast, but nothing seemed to help.
Most of my sailing experience was on a larger boat where boom clearance was almost never an issue. Any guidance would be appreciated.
Thanks--Paul
I had the same problem and found it was related to a worn out sail. The booms sits much higher with a new sail.
bruce.d.hettleman@hitchcock.org